"Not like that," Kristi said flatly. "Are you even trying?"
I smiled and tried to make it look less like a grimace. "Of course I am. I"m not much of a dancer."
"That"s obvious." She rolled her eyes and pointed at the radio. The music cut off. "Maybe you should sit this one out."
"I"ll help her," Sadie said helpfully. "I don"t mind. We still have a week."
Kristi tapped her chin critically. "Okay, but if she doesn"t have it down by the time of the show, she"s not going up there with us." She sniffed and tossed her hair. "Assuming you get the dance down, these are the charms you"ll use."
I watched her go beat-by-beat through the dance and shoot sparkles, glitter, and rainbows out of her fingertips as she chanted the incantations. Sadie wrote them down so I could practice in private. "Now
